Dirty Tackle

Goalkeeper injured in attempt to save cat from tree, gets no sympathy from manager

Non-league club Oxford City will be without goalkeeper Victor Francoz for at least two weeks after the Frenchman managed to get injured while attempting to get a cat out of a tree. The rescue attempt resulted in Francoz falling from the tree and suffering a gash on his leg. The cat's condition remains unknown.

Regardless of Francoz's attempt at heroism, Oxford City manager Mike Ford is not impressed. From the Guardian:

"It's ridiculous," Ford told The Oxford Mail. "I've not got any sympathy for him at all because he's done it to himself. He fell out of a tree when he was trying to get a cat.

"He's got a deep cut and unfortunately now we don't have Victor because he's gone back to France for a couple of weeks to have treatment. You just don't get professional players climbing trees."